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PRETTY
Definition of PRETTY
adjective
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty. Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRETTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRETTY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EPRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PRETTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRETTY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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